BIG LITTLE BOOKS® and BETTER LITTLE BOOKS®
1932-1949
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BOOK TITLE
VALUES
NUMBER GOOD VG FINE
GW114 1177 ACE DRUMMOND 10.00 20.00 40.00
Big Little Book®; 1935. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages; Author. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker.
Artist: Clayton Knight
SW80 1448 AIR FIGHTERS OF
Better Little Book®; 1941. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages; Flip-it feature (Airplane drops bombs on a ship). Author
Roy Snell. Artist: Robert Jenny. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This book was written and
drawn specially for the BLB format.
GW38
759 ALICE IN WONDERLAND
(starring Charlotte Henry and W. C. Fields) 15.00 30.00 60.00
Big Little Book®; 1934. Hard cover. Movie size 4 5/8" x 5
1/4" x 7/8"; 160 pages. Author:
Wallace West. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This
book contains 74 motion picture stills from the 1933 Paramount film.
SW173 1481 ALLEN PIKE OF THE PARACHUTE SQUAD, U.S.A.
Better Little Book®; 1941. Hard cover. Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432
pages; Flip-it feature (Navy bomber
torpedoes a ship). Author: Russell R. Winterbotham.
Artist: Erwin L. Hess. Cover Artist: Robert R. Wiseman. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This
book was written and drawn specially for the BLB format.
GW42 763 ALLEY OOP AND DINNY 12.50 25.00 50.00
Big Little Book®; 1935. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 384 pages. Author/Artist: V.T. Hamlin. Copies have been found with and without gloss
finishing on the cover.
GW247 1473 ALLEY OOP AND DINNY IN THE JUNGLES OF MOO 11.25 22.50 45.00
Big Little Book®; 1938. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages.
Author/Artist: V.T. Hamlin.
SW260 1431 ANDY PANDA AND THE MAD DOG MYSTERY 10.00 20.00 40.00
Better Little Book®; 1947. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 288 pages. Author/Artist: Walter Lantz
Productions.
SW286 1459 ANDY PANDA AND THE PIRATE GHOSTS 10.00 20.00 40.00
Better Little Book®; 1949. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 288 pages. Author/Artist: Walter Lantz
Productions.
SW189 1425 ANDY PANDA AND TINY TOM (ALL PICTURES
COMICS) 12.50 25.00 50.00
Better Little Book®; 1944. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2", 352 pages. Author/Artist: Walter Lantz
Productions.
SW269 1441 ANDY PANDA IN THE CITY OF ICE (ALL
PICTURES COMICS) 10.00 20.00 40.00
Better Little Book®; 1948. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2", 288 pages. Author/Artist: Walter Lantz
Productions.
SW223 1485 ANDY PANDA'S VACATION (ALL PICTURES COMICS) 10.00 20.00 40.00
Better Little Book®; 1946. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 352 pages. Author/Artist: Walter Lantz
Productions.
GW159 1130 APPLE MARY AND DENNIE FOIL THE SWINDLERS 15.00 30.00 60.00
Big Little Book®; 1935. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages. Author/Artist: Martha Orr.
SW45 1403 APPLE MARY AND DENNIE'S LUCKY APPLES
Better Little Book®; 1939. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages. Author/Artist: Martha Orr.
GW129 1192 The ARIZONA KID ON THE BANDIT TRAIL
Big Little Book®; 1936. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages. Author: Peter K. Maple. Artist: Hal Arbo.
Cover Artist: Hal Arbo. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This book was written and drawn specially for
the BLB format.
SW164 1469 BAMBI (ALL PICTURES COMICS) 20.00 40.00 80.00
Better Little Book®; 1942. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages; Flip-it feature (Bambi romps through forest and falls down).
Author: Unknown—adapted from the work of Felix Salten
and the Disney movie, Bambi. Artist:
Walt Disney Studios.
SW184 1497 BAMBI'S CHILDREN 17.50 35.00 70.00
Better Little Book®; 1943. Hard cover. Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages. Author: Unknown—adapted from the work of Felix Salten and Disney Sunday strip.
Artist: Walt Disney Studios.
GW237 1459 BARNEY BAXTER IN THE AIR WITH THE EAGLE
SQUADRON
Big Little Book®; 1938. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages. Author/Artist: Frank Miller.
GW39 760 BELIEVE IT OR NOT 15.00 30.00 60.00
Big Little Book®; 1934. Hard cover. Movie size 4 5/8" x 5 1/4" x 7/8"; 160 pages. Author:
Robert Leroy Ripley.
GW97 1158 BETTY BOOP IN MISS GULLIVER'S TRAVELS 50.00 100.00 200.00
Big Little Book®; 1935. Hard cover. Movie size 4 5/8" x 5 1/4" x 7/8"; Hard cover; 160 pages. Author: Wallace West
"with a bow to the ghost of Jonathan Swift." Artist: Unknown.
GW67a 1119 BETTY BOOP IN SNOW WHITE 100
Big Little Book®; 1934. Hard cover. Movie size 4 5/8" x 5 1/4" x 7/8"; Hard cover; 160 pages. Author: Wallace West—adapted from the 1933 Paramount Talkatoon.
Artist: Whitman staff artist copied illustrations from the cartoon.
GW67b ----- BETTY BOOP IN SNOW WHITE
Big Little Book®; Variation. Soft cover. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: Variation is identified by a soft cover, otherwise it
is identical to GW67a.
SW15 1443 BIG CHIEF WAHOO 11.25 22.50 45.00
Better Little Book®; 1938. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages. Author: Allen Saunders.
Artist: Elmer Woggon. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The cover
title is different than the title page (Big
Chief Wahoo and the Great Gusto). First Chief Wahoo BLB.
SW141 1432 BIG CHIEF WAHOO AND THE LOST PIONEERS 12.50 25.00 50.00
Better Little Book®; 1942. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages; Flip-it feature (Wahoo rescues Minnie-Ha-Cha). Author: Allen Saunders. Artist: Elmer Woggon.
SW103 1483 BIG CHIEF WAHOO AND THE MAGIC LAMP 10.00 20.00 40.00
Better Little Book®; 1940. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages; First flip-it feature
BLB (Wahoo shoots a "bear"). Author: Allen Saunders. Artist: Elmer Woggon. Cover Artist: Erwin Hess.
GW19a 725 The
BIG LITTLE MOTHER GOOSE BOOK 75.00 150.00 500.00
Big Little Book®; First Printing; 1934. Soft
cover. Unusual size, 5 1/2 " x 4
1/2" x 1 3/4"; 576 pages for
coloring. Author: Traditional rhymes. Artist: Unknown. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The first printing is
identified by a soft cover.
GW19b 725 The BIG LITTLE MOTHER GOOSE BOOK 250.00 500.00 1000.00
Big Little Book®; Second Printing; 1934. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The second printing is
identified by a hard cover, with different cover illustration, bound over the
soft cover
GW14a 721 The BIG LITTLE PAINT BOOK 125.00 250.00 500.00
Big Little Book®; First
Printing; 1934. Soft cover. Unusual size, 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 1 1/4"; 336 pages for coloring. Author/Artist:
Unknown. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The first printing is identified by its 336 page
length and uncolored edges on its pages.
GW14b 721 The BIG LITTLE PAINT BOOK 125
Big Little Book®; First
Variation; 1934. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The first variation has
purple-colored edges on its pages, otherwise it is identical to GW14a.
GW14c 721 The BIG LITTLE PAINT BOOK 125
Big Little Book®; Second
Variation; 1934. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The second variation has
green-colored edges on its pages, otherwise it is identical to GW14a.
GW14d 721 The BIG LITTLE PAINT BOOK 150.00 300.00 600.00
Big Little Book®; Second Printing; 1934. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The second printing has
only 320 pages and the edges of the pages are uncolored.
GW14e 721 The BIG LITTLE PAINT BOOK 150
Big Little Book®; First Variation; 1934. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The first variation has
purple-colored edges on its pages, otherwise it is identical to GW14d.
GW14f 721 The BIG LITTLE PAINT BOOK 150
Big Little Book®; Second Variation; 1934. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The second variation has
purple-colored edges on its pages, otherwise it is
identical to GW14d.
GW50 773 BILLY THE KID
Big Little Book®; 1935. Hard cover. Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";432 pages. Author: Leon Morgan. Artist: Hal Arbo. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This book was written and drawn specially for the BLB format.
GW197 1414 BLACK SILVER AND HIS PIRATE CREW WITH TOM
TROJAN
Big Little Book®; 1937. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 300 pages. Author: Unknown. Artist: Juanita Bennett.
Cover Artist: Henry E. Vallely. This book was written and drawn specially for
the BLB format.
GW225 1447 BLAZE BRANDON WITH THE FOREIGN LEGION
Big Little Book®; 1 938. Hard cover. Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages. Author: Gaylord R. DuBois.
Artist: Robert R. Weisman. Cover Artist: Robert R. Weisman. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This book was written and drawn specially for
the BLB format.
GW198 1415 BLONDIE AND BABY DUMPLING 12.50 25.00 50.00
Big Little Book®; 1937. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages. Author/Artist: Chic Young. COLLECTOR'S NOTES: First Blondie BLB. Reprinted from 1934 daily strip.
SW66 1429 BLONDIE AND BABY DUMPLING 10.00 20.00 40.00
Better Little Book®; 1939. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages. Author/Artist: Chic Young.
BLB BLOOPER: Family name is misspelled throughout the BLB as Bumpstead. COLLECTOR'S
NOTE: Cover title is different than title page (Blondie With Baby Dumpling And Daisy). Cover title may have been taken from GW198 by
mistake.
SW101 1476 BLONDIE AND BOUNCING BABY DUMPLING
Better Little Book®; 1940. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages. Author/Artist: Chic
Young. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: Reprinted from 1939 daily strip.
SW266 1438 BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD, EVERYBODY'S HAPPY
Better Little Book®; 1948. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 288 pages. Author/Artist: Chic
Young. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: Reprinted from 1939 daily strip.
SW241a 1410 BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD IN HOT WATER
Better Little Book®; First
Printing; 1946. Hard cover. Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 352 pages. Author/Artist:
Chic Young. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The first printing is identified by a 3-page ad
which begins with Captain Midnight and
Sheik Jomak Khan and ends with Mandrake the Magician. Reprinted from 1944-45 daily strip.
SW241b 1410 BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD IN HOT WATER
Better Little Book®; Second Printing; 1946. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The
second printing is identified by a 3-page ad which begins with Uncle Wiggily's
Adventures and ends with Flash
Gordon.
SW177 1487 BLONDIE, BABY DUMPLING AND ALL
Better Little Book®; 1941. Hard cover. Standard size 3
5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages; Flip-it feature (Dagwood runs over his postman). Author/Artist:
Chic Young. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: Reprinted from 1939-40 daily strip.
SW180a 1491 BLONDIE, COOKIE AND DAISY'S PUPS 20.00 40.00 80.00
Better Little Book®; First
Printing; 1943. Hard cover. Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2"; 432 pages.
Author/Artist: Chic Young. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The first printing is identified
by its 432 page length.
SW180b 1491 BLONDIE, COOKIE AND DAISY'S PUPS
Better Little Book®; Second Printing; Hard
cover. 1943. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The
second printing is identified by its 352 page length.
SW259 1430 BLONDIE, COUNT COOKIE IN TOO!